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DougRed4 Rear Admiral
Joined: 18 Jan 2013 Posts: 2259 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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I changed the last line of the last adventure (showing when the reveal actually took place), so here's the summary for last Saturday's action (the first we'd played in over a month):
The group quickly escapes in their vessel, taking D0, an unconscious man, and two dead stormtroopers with them.
Part 3: Mar Barezz
After learning that their captive is ISB agent Mar Barezz, Loon takes the man’s clothes and ID and the group puts him in a cargo container, deciding to drop him off on a remote, backwater world. They make their way into the Lemmick system and the Safe Haven suddenly loses power. Ordo scrambles to cold-start the engines, but just as he brings the systems back online another wave hits, causing another loss of power. Zorace spies a hidden mine causing the ion pulses, and manages to damage it with blaster fire. Zebron works on repairs as Ordo blasts a hole in the hangar doors with one of the Y-wings, exiting the vessel just as another pulse hits. As they again recover both ships, the Skipray Blastboat Malefactor arrives, demanding that they stand down. Sunrider refuses to recognize the Empire’s authority, but as a Lt. Tomo boards their craft, Mar Barezz suddenly appears, convincing the other Imperials that he commands an undercover ISB operation. The placated Blastboat departs, and Loon reveals that he is actually Parax Void, a shape-shifting Clawdite who impersonated Barezz. The party opts to turn their prisoner over to the Rebellion. Ordo departs with Vig and C9 to take the Stardancer back to his family, and Sunrider senses a disturbance in the Force. Later, meeting with the Rebels, the others discover that Barezz is gone just as Ordo deposits the swapped out container holding the ISB spy into a star. _________________ Currently Running: Villains & Vigilantes (a 32-year-old campaign with multiple groups) and D6 Star Wars; mostly on hiatus are Adventures in Middle-earth and Delta Green
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DougRed4 Rear Admiral
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Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Looking back, I now see it was darn close to two months since we last played! _________________ Currently Running: Villains & Vigilantes (a 32-year-old campaign with multiple groups) and D6 Star Wars; mostly on hiatus are Adventures in Middle-earth and Delta Green |
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DougRed4 Rear Admiral
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Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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I should also note that none of the other players had any idea that Darkus Loon (a human who looked like Malcolm Reynolds from "Firefly") was actually a Clawdite named Parax Void.
It ended up being the perfect time to "blow his cover" and reveal it to his teammates, as it truly saved their bacon! _________________ Currently Running: Villains & Vigilantes (a 32-year-old campaign with multiple groups) and D6 Star Wars; mostly on hiatus are Adventures in Middle-earth and Delta Green |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 14034 Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:50 am Post subject: |
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DougRed4 wrote: | Zorace spies a hidden mine causing the ion pulses, and manages to damage it with blaster fire. |
If the ship was dead (cold restart) how was he able to shoot it? And since it is capital scale, how did he damage it (and even with some damage that would not have stopped it pulsing)
Quote: | Zebron works on repairs as Ordo blasts a hole in the hangar doors with one of the Y-wings, exiting the vessel just as another pulse hits. |
?? How did he blow up the door to get out without damaging his Y wing? Also how was IT powered up?
Quote: | The placated Blastboat departs, and Loon reveals that he is actually Parax Void, a shape-shifting Clawdite who impersonated Barezz. |
Must have been one hell of a con roll. _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:57 am Post subject: |
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DougRed4 wrote: | I should also note that none of the other players had any idea that Darkus Loon (a human who looked like Malcolm Reynolds from "Firefly") was actually a Clawdite named Parax Void.
It ended up being the perfect time to "blow his cover" and reveal it to his teammates, as it truly saved their bacon! |
I take it he never has been injured in combat..
Code: | The transformation is quite painful, and the skin-changer
will revert to its normal form if stunned, unconscious,
dying, or dead. |
That's right from the clawdite's write up.
Also what is his (A) shapeshift at? _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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Dromdarr_Alark Commander
Joined: 07 Apr 2013 Posts: 426 Location: Boston, MA
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:05 am Post subject: |
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Wow, gharkal. Way to shut down everything Dougred is doing. Remember, gaming is about storytelling, not rule following. He's allowed to do what he wants in his campaign. _________________ "I still wouldn't have a roll for it - but that's just how I roll." |
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DougRed4 Rear Admiral
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: | DougRed4 wrote: | I should also note that none of the other players had any idea that Darkus Loon (a human who looked like Malcolm Reynolds from "Firefly") was actually a Clawdite named Parax Void.
It ended up being the perfect time to "blow his cover" and reveal it to his teammates, as it truly saved their bacon! |
I take it he never has been injured in combat..
Code: | The transformation is quite painful, and the skin-changer
will revert to its normal form if stunned, unconscious,
dying, or dead. |
That's right from the clawdite's write up.
Also what is his (A) shapeshift at? |
Nope, he'd never been injured or even stunned (he tended to stay back during most skirmishes).
I don't recall what his shapeshift skill is at, but he's pretty good (I remember one Disguise skill roll around 31). _________________ Currently Running: Villains & Vigilantes (a 32-year-old campaign with multiple groups) and D6 Star Wars; mostly on hiatus are Adventures in Middle-earth and Delta Green |
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DougRed4 Rear Admiral
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: | DougRed4 wrote: | Zorace spies a hidden mine causing the ion pulses, and manages to damage it with blaster fire. |
If the ship was dead (cold restart) how was he able to shoot it? And since it is capital scale, how did he damage it (and even with some damage that would not have stopped it pulsing) |
They were only able to fire the ship's weapons when they got it restarted (via cold restart). They were able to damage it (barely) because their ship is also Capital scale. Even though they were both the same scale, and though he made something like nearly 20 shots, the first time he damaged it he only took down its shields by 1D. It wasn't until nearly when the other ship arrived that he finally hit it solidly. That second hit was enough to do light damage, and I rolled that the weapons were impacted (hence the pulse shut down).
garhkal wrote: | Quote: | Zebron works on repairs as Ordo blasts a hole in the hangar doors with one of the Y-wings, exiting the vessel just as another pulse hits. |
?? How did he blow up the door to get out without damaging his Y wing? Also how was IT powered up? |
He blew out the doors by making an incredible roll (as he was rolling at Starfighter scale against their own ship's hangar doors, which were at Capital scale. Fortunately, I allowed one player who always seems to roll low (something I've never done before) to make the Capital ship's hull roll, and he didn't disappoint, rolling a "1" on the Wild Die. There was enough damage done that I allowed him to blow a hole just like he wanted. The Y-wing is probably only scorched on the front end a bit.
And the reason he was able to roll was because he waited until after a pulse to fire up the Y-wing. It was insulated (and not powered up) in the hangar, so wasn't affected by the pulse.
garhkal wrote: | Quote: | The placated Blastboat departs, and Loon reveals that he is actually Parax Void, a shape-shifting Clawdite who impersonated Barezz. |
Must have been one hell of a con roll. |
It was. IIRC, he got a 38. And he decided not to spend any Character Points (and didn't really need to). _________________ Currently Running: Villains & Vigilantes (a 32-year-old campaign with multiple groups) and D6 Star Wars; mostly on hiatus are Adventures in Middle-earth and Delta Green |
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DougRed4 Rear Admiral
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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BTW, I decided to award a Dark Side point to Dargin Ordo's player for what he did, being as it was not only harsh, but premeditated and willful (the Jedi even encouraged him not to go down that path).
The player was totally understanding, and knew he had it coming. _________________ Currently Running: Villains & Vigilantes (a 32-year-old campaign with multiple groups) and D6 Star Wars; mostly on hiatus are Adventures in Middle-earth and Delta Green |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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Dromdarr_Alark wrote: | Wow, gharkal. Way to shut down everything Dougred is doing. Remember, gaming is about storytelling, not rule following. He's allowed to do what he wants in his campaign. |
I am asking questions to get clarifications on what happened.. NOT trying to shut him down.
Quote: | Nope, he'd never been injured or even stunned (he tended to stay back during most skirmishes). |
Lucky bugger
Quote: | They were only able to fire the ship's weapons when they got it restarted (via cold restart). They were able to damage it (barely) because their ship is also Capital scale. Even though they were both the same scale, and though he made something like nearly 20 shots, the first time he damaged it he only took down its shields by 1D. It wasn't until nearly when the other ship arrived that he finally hit it solidly. That second hit was enough to do light damage, and I rolled that the weapons were impacted (hence the pulse shut down). |
How long did you make it take for a cold restart?
Quote: | He blew out the doors by making an incredible roll (as he was rolling at Starfighter scale against their own ship's hangar doors, which were at Capital scale. Fortunately, I allowed one player who always seems to roll low (something I've never done before) to make the Capital ship's hull roll, and he didn't disappoint, rolling a "1" on the Wild Die. Very Happy There was enough damage done that I allowed him to blow a hole just like he wanted. The Y-wing is probably only scorched on the front end a bit. |
Reminds me of last saturday's game day. I had some of the players NOT involved in the space combat making the rolls for the baddies.. Though the other players were hating it when they rolled real good.
Quote: | And the reason he was able to roll was because he waited until after a pulse to fire up the Y-wing. It was insulated (and not powered up) in the hangar, so wasn't affected by the pulse. |
If it was not powered up, should he not also have had to cold start it?
Quote: | It was. IIRC, he got a 38. And he decided not to spend any Character Points (and didn't really need to). |
Not a bad roll.. As a question, i notice on your site, all you list are the character's names and a picture. No stats etc.. Is that for a reason (just inquiring)
Quote: | BTW, I decided to award a Dark Side point to Dargin Ordo's player for what he did, being as it was not only harsh, but premeditated and willful (the Jedi even encouraged him not to go down that path).
The player was totally understanding, and knew he had it coming. |
Did he at least get some milk to go with the dark sides cookies _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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DougRed4 Rear Admiral
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Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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I made the cold restarts take a couple of rounds (2-4), depending on their rolls. When they rolled well (in the 20's, say), I would have it happen quicker.
BTW, I checked on the Clawdite's skills, and he's got 3D in the Advanced Shapechanging skill, which adds to his 5D+1 in Con (Disguise).
I didn't put the character stats on there because it would be a lot of work, especially to keep them constantly maintained. Some (most?) of the character sheets are written out by hand, so it would require a lot of getting character sheets from my players (I have copies of them when they started), inputting a lot of info, then trying to keep it maintained/updated. Just more work than I'm keen on doing, especially being as I'm running about four/five games/campaigns right now.
Also, great idea on giving your other (uninvolved) players something to do. In a past session, when the party split up, I let the two players whose PCs weren't present play stormtroopers, just to keep them involved in the action. _________________ Currently Running: Villains & Vigilantes (a 32-year-old campaign with multiple groups) and D6 Star Wars; mostly on hiatus are Adventures in Middle-earth and Delta Green |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
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Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | I made the cold restarts take a couple of rounds (2-4), depending on their rolls. When they rolled well (in the 20's, say), I would have it happen quicker. |
Sounds a little quick.. not sure where i read it, but i do remember reading somewhere cold starts take a min of 1 minute. Will have to check GG6 and platts.
Quote: | BTW, I checked on the Clawdite's skills, and he's got 3D in the Advanced Shapechanging skill, which adds to his 5D+1 in Con (Disguise). |
Nice..
Quote: | Also, great idea on giving your other (uninvolved) players something to do. In a past session, when the party split up, I let the two players whose PCs weren't present play stormtroopers, just to keep them involved in the action. Smile |
Thanks. Some may not like having it done as it makes it seem i am pushing other players to be the killers of the rest.. but i feel it keeps everyone involved. _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
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Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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Strange.. went through both main books (revised and base 2e), GG6, platts, crackens field guide and pirates and privateers.. NOT a one had info on cold starts and time it takes. _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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Tupteq Commander
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:04 am Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: | Strange.. went through both main books (revised and base 2e), GG6, platts, crackens field guide and pirates and privateers.. NOT a one had info on cold starts and time it takes. |
There's a note in Vehicle Remote Activation Controller (Galladinum's, page 18 ), but it's quite rough: from 20 seconds (some speeders) to well over five minutes (some sterships). |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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On the Yahoo group for our Sparks campaign, i asked if anyone in our council (or group as a whole) has seen anything official, which was a no.
And though it has been discussed, it was decided to allow the GM of the table to decide for cinematic purposes, rather than coming up with a rule.
Closest wrote out is what i had written to one of my modules where the ship's going through the ion/electrical field surrounding a planet causes damage and eventually shuts down a ship..
Quote: | but the time it takes to bring them back up is an issue. Normally it takes 1 full minute to reboot a hot system (10 for a cold one). But this can be ‘rushed’ for a hot system to get one or more vital systems started faster. If they use this option they take 12 rounds to ‘fall through’ the field. This leaves them 2 rounds to get systems online to keep them from crashing to some degree. |
_________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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